Urbanisation and housing for the urban poor : Delhi, India
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2012
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Sivam, A.
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Chileshe, N.
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Proceedings of the 6th International Conference and Workshop on the Built Environment in Developing Countries, 2012 / Chileshe, N. (ed./s), pp.47-58
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6th International Conference and Workshop on the Built Environment in Developing Countries (ICBEDC 2012) (4 Dec 2012 - 5 Dec 2012 : Adelaide)
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Urbanisation is a major global trend, with over half of the world’s population living in urban areas. It is expected that this global urbanisation level will rise to 40% by 2050. Developing countries will face the highest urbanisation rates, whereas the population of the developed world will be likely to remain relatively unchanged for the next two decades. Urbanisation in developing countries will mostly occur in large cities, with many of these cities within Asia. In India especially, high urbanisation rates will occur in both large and medium sized cities. This situation raises questions regarding how cities will be able to provide housing for the urban poor. Currently, housing for these communities in the majority of cities in developing countries, is provided by the informal sector, in the form of slums and squatters. The aim of this paper is to identify policy responses to the provision of housing in India and identify ways to improve the provision of quality housing for the urban poor. A desktop methodology has been adopted in order undertake this study. This study concluded that current method of informal housing is not the answer to accommodate the growing urban poor population in Delhi. If government will not seek for alternatives, Delhi’s street dweller population will increase. However, informal housing approaches adopted by other countries is not easily transferable without a viability and applicability check of the approach in Delhi context.
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Copyright [2012] Alpana Sivam ; proceedings copyright ICBEDC